Millenials, it’s time we voted!

“I have an Aadhar card, a PAN card and even a passport. What do I need a voter id for? I don’t want to vote!”

“I don’t even what ward I am from and getting information is so complicated!”

I have heard and have even said variations of these statements at some or the other point of my life. But guys, the state election commission is listening to us and it has started taking steps be youth centric, transparent and accessible to all. They want to reach out and connect with us, to ensure that the elections witness a large and informed voter turnout as compared to the past; and has given us the power to ensure that the elections are fought freely.

In the past 1 year, they have launched 3 different apps that would be useful for the tech savvy millenials like you and me to understand the electoral process.

Along with FAQ’s the SEC has come up with the ‘True Voter’ app which serves the State Election Commission of Maharashtra through its key functionality of enabling a person to search for the name of the voter in voter list assembly wise, local body wise from voter list database and to keep the search result offline as internet connectivity is always the problem in remote area

Voter’s Voice: To share expectation & problem of ward with the contesting candidate’s

To get the election results

The CoP App

We have heard of political parties using unfair means to woo voters like giving out cash payments to gifts to people in their locality. Some candidates don’t stop at anything. While the election staff cannot be present everywhere to monitor these unlawful activities, vigilant citizens like you and me can instantly capture the wrongful activities of candidates and upload the image. The app will forward the image and details to all the officers within 2 km radius of the coordinates of the complainant and the site to ensure that the the necessary action is taken.

The MSEC has not stopped with their app launches; they have deiced to reach out to voters using social media and I am proud to say that Maharashtra has their Election Commission’s presence on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maharashtrasec/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaharashtraSEC/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/maharashtrasec

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBecPYpVQ_1P8-ZqMUlGA1w

The MSEC has done its bit to get us to vote. It is high time you and I did the same. Don’t you agree?

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